Car-door fastener



(N0 Model.)

R.;H.;J'OHNSON; GAR DOOR PASTE NEE.

No. 600,789. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

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a'rnr REYNOLDS II. JOHNSON, OF LONG ISLAND, KANSAS.

CAR DOOR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,789, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed May 15, 1897- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REYNOLDS H. JOHNSON, of Long Island, in the county of Phillips and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Door Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a car-door fastener adapted to be applied to the door to operate in connection with the door-jamb for holding the door firmly in place and preventing any rocking movement or jarring back of the same.

It consists in a fastener adapted to be applied to a sliding car-door, near the rear edge thereof, and having pivoted bolts for engaging the face of the adjacent door-jamb and a drop-key adapted to engage and hold the bar connecting the pivoted bolts for holding the same securely in either their locked or their unlocked position and whereby parts adapted to be misplaced or lost are dispensed with.

It will be understood from the following description and claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents in side elevation so much of the car-body as is necessary to show the car-door with the improved fastener applied. Fig. 2 represents a transverse vertical section through the rear edge of the car-door, showing the fastening devices in side elevation. Fig. 3 shows in perspective one of the bolts, a portion of the bar connecting the bolts, and the keeper for said bar. Fig. i is a perspective View of the drop-key detached. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the plug-seal employed.

1 indicates a car-door applied to the outer side of the car for closing the door-opening.

therein, and 2 the door-jamb, adjacent to the rear edge of the door, provided on its face with a wearing metal strip or facing 3.

4 indicates a slotted casing adapted to be set into a mortise in the door, adjacent to the rear edge thereof, and between the parallel side walls of which the bolt 5 is pivoted at a point indicated at 6, said bolt being provided with an outwardly and downwardly extending bifurcated arm 7, which is pivotally connected with the inner end of the rod 9.

Serial No. 636,783. (No model.)

8 8 indicate through bolts or screws, by means of which the bolt-casing is secured to the door by means of perforated end flanges on said casing. The casing and pivoted boltscrew is applied to the door .near the lower end thereof, and a similar bolt is applied to the door near the upper end thereof, as indicated in Fig. 2, the rod 9 connecting the arms of said bolts, as shown. Intermediate the arms '7 is arranged a slotted or mortised keeper 10, through which the bar 9 slides, said keeper being formed, preferably, integral with the lower bolt-casing and provided with an outwardly-projecting arm slotted at 11 and provided at its outer end with a cross bar 12 for a purpose which will appear. connecting-bar 9 works in said slot and by the vibratory movement of the lever-arms of the pivoted bolts is'swung inward and outward in the slot 11, resting at either end of its throw against the inner wall of said mortise or slot, in which position it may be locked by means of the drop-key 13, the form of which is indicated substantially in Fig. 4:, said key being widest at its upper end and provided with an offset at 14. and with a vertical face at 15, extending from said offset parallel with the inner face of the key 16, said key being of a width between said faces to snugly fill in the slot 11 in the keeper between the connecting-bar 9 and the outer Wall 12 of said slot, as indicated, when the connecting-bar is at either end of its throw. The vertical face 15 terminates in an angular shoulder at 17, extending inward to the stem of the shank portion 18 of the drop-key, which is provided at its lower end with a laterally-extending lug 19, which prevents the displacement or removal of the keywhen the connecting-bar 9is in place within the keeper 10. By lifting the drop-key into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 the connecting-bar 9 may be raised for swinging the bolts 5 out of engagement with the door-jamb or may be dropped into the position indicated in full lines for locking said bolts in engagement with the door-jamb and preventing sliding movement of the door, the drop-key serving,when in the position indicated in full lines in Fig. 2,to lock the connecting-bar 9 in either of the positions described. The connecting-bar 9 is shown provided at 20 with a perforation for the ap- The plication of a tin seal of anyusual or suitable construction and at 21 with a perforation for the plug-seal.

22 indicates a perforation for the reception of a padlock. By the construction described it will be seen that all parts liable to be displaced and lostare dispensed with and that the arrangement of the parts is such that the seals cannot be tampered with nor the bolts disturbed without it being readily discovered from the outside of the car, the actuating parts of the bolts being located upon the outer face of the door.

The plug-seal shown in Fig. 5 in its main or body portion (indicated at 23) is in the form of the frustum of a cone, its smaller end terminating in a tubular extension 24. The plug is made, preferably, of malleable iron or other material that cannot be cut with an ordinary knife, thereby rendering it practically impossible for tramps or other parties to remove the seal. The tube end of the plug is such as to adapt it to be spread after being passed through the hole 21 in the bar 9 for securing it in place by the convex face of the sealing-tube employed, and within said tube may be placed a small quantity of lead or any soft alloy that will take the impression of the sealing instrument, which may bear the name ormark of the party sealingthe car.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a car-door fastener, of the pivoted bolts, a bar connecting said bolts for operating them, a mortised keeper in which said bar moves, and a drop-key for locking said bar in its adjusted position, substantially as described.

2. In a car-door fastener, the pivoted bolts having the bifurcated lever-arms, the bar connecting the arms of said bolts, the mortised keeper in which said bar'slides, and a drop-key engaging said keeper for holding the connecting-bar at either end of its throw provided with a lateral spur preventing its accidental displacement, substantially as described.

In testimonywhereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

REYNOLDS H. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

EBER T. WEED, DAVID PETERKIN. 

